September 4,
2001, Medford, NJ
— As part of a cooperative effort with Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts to purchase the R.R. Bowker assets from Reed Elsevier,
Information Today, Inc. has acquired the publishing rights to a line of
Bowker reference products.

Cambridge has completed
a transaction that transfers ownership of R.R. Bowker from Reed Elsevier
to Cambridge. Immediately upon closure of that deal, Information Today
acquired ownership of a number of Bowker reference titles from Cambridge.

Information Today,
Inc. will now become the official owner and publisher of what Bowker called
its “directory” products. These directories serve the library, publishing,
bookselling, and AV markets and include the following titles: Literary
Market Place, International Literary Market Place, American Book Trade
Directory, American Library Directory, Annual Register of Grant Support,
The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, Library Resource Guide,
AV Marketplace, and American Men & Women of Science. A number
of backlisted titles were acquired as well and will be reviewed for possible
publication in the future.

Information Today,
Inc. is a publisher and conference organizer in the library and information
industry. While the company is widely known in as a leader in the industry,
this acquisition serves to strengthen its line of reference products, as
well as extending the company’s position into the publishing and bookselling
market. Tom Hogan, Sr., president of Information Today, Inc., said, “These
Bowker titles are among the most respected reference works in our field,
and we are delighted to be the new publisher. We are pleased to be inheriting
a dedicated and skilled editorial staff that knows how to get high-quality
products out the door. We hope this acquisition will serve as a springboard
to additional products and services for the library and book trade communities.”

Cambridge is acquiring
the lion’s share of the R.R. Bowker assets and will continue to do business
under the Bowker brand. The Cambridge purchase includes the publishing
rights to the flagship Books In Print family of products, Ulrich’s
Periodical Directory, Library and Information Science Abstracts, and
a number of other reference, abstracting and indexing, and periodical products.

For more information
on this acquisition or Information Today, Inc., please contact ITI at 800-300-9868
(outside the U.S. call 609-654-6266), e-mail custserv@infotoday.com,
or visit us on the Web at www.infotoday.com.